Tissue culture placenta at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$126.25 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,967.18 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $126.25
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $126.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $126.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $126.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $126.25
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $126.25
United MGMCD $128.78
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $136.35
Molina Healthcare CHIP $138.88
Molina Healthcare STAR $138.88
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $138.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $138.88
Oscar MGMCR $147.29
United SmallGroup $150.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $150.30
United AllPayerAppendix $150.30
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $150.30
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $150.30
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $150.30
Devoted Health MGMCR $150.30
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $150.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $150.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $150.30
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $150.30
CHC Harris Health Indigent $150.30
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $150.30
BCBS MCRPPO $150.30
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $150.30
WellMed MGMCR $151.05
Aetna MCR $151.58
Van Lang IPA MCR $151.80
United MCR $153.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $154.81
WellCare PPO $154.81
WellCare SNP $154.81
WellCare POS $154.81
WellCare MCRHMO $154.81
WellCare PFFS $154.81
Humana MCD $157.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $157.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $157.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $157.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $157.82
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $157.82
Shared Health MGMCR $157.82
American Health Plan MGMCR $157.82
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $157.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $157.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $159.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $159.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $159.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $159.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $159.32
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $162.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $162.67
Molina MGMCR $163.83
Verda Health Plan MCR $195.39
Community Health Choice HIX $217.94
Superior ValueHMO $217.94
Superior EPO $232.97
Superior HMO $232.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $303.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $323.15
BCBS BAV $335.17
BCBS HMO $419.34
Oscar HIX $434.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $441.80
BCBS EPOSOA $449.40
BCBS PPO $479.46
Aetna QHPExchange $550.59
Cigna CSN $618.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $670.39
Aetna NBPOS $732.21
Aetna NBHMO $732.21
Aetna NBPPO $732.21
Aetna COMMHMO $777.91
Aetna COMMPPO $777.91
Aetna COMMPOS $777.91
Cigna PPO $797.61
Aetna OONPOS $913.84
Aetna OONHMO $913.84
Aetna OONPPO $913.84
Aetna ASAHMO $988.09
Aetna ASAPOS $988.09
Aetna ASAPPO $988.09
Humana HMO $1,967.18
Humana PPO $1,967.18
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Tissue culture placenta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,321.07 $126.25 – $618.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $123.72 – $618.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $585.14 $35.00 – $731.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.91 $36.00 – $781.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $532.36 $36.00 – $665.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $585.14 $35.00 – $731.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.91 $36.00 – $781.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.91 $26.00 – $781.37

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